storage devices

storage devices

1. Magnetic

   • Advantages
     • Capacity is high
     • Very cheap and affordable
     • Quite reliable
   • Disadvantages
     • Less sturdy and easier to brake
     • Not very fast
     • The portability isnt very good

2. Solid State

   • Advantages
     • Harder to brake
     • Very portable
     • Reliability is very high
   • Disadvantages
     • More expensive then the magnetic
     • Capacity isnt very high
   • Examples
     • Phone,tablet
     • gaming equitment

3. Purpose

   • What do we use storage for?
     • Storing data (files,operating system,applications).Permanently

4. Optical

   • Advantages
     • It is very portable
     • Pretty cheap compared to solid state
   • Examples
     • CD,DVDs
     • Blue rays
   • Disadvantages
     • Its not very reliable
     • The capacity isn't very good